Harness hauger



Patented Sept. I9, 1922.

tassa CHRIST SIEVERT, OF CALIO, NORTH DAKOTA.

HARNESS HANGER.

Application iiled August 20,1920. Serial No. 404,880.

To all 'wimmz't may concern:

Be it. known that I, CHRIST SIEVERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Calio, in the county of Cavalier and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improv-ements in Harness Hangers; and I do hereby declare the` following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhe object of my invention is to provide a very simple and efficient harness hook .and hanger which may be manufactured at little cost and which provides for the vertical elevation and the supporting means thereof of said harness.

Generally stated, my invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, like notations refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved harness hanger showing its lowered position in dotted lines;

F ig. 2 is a front elevation 'of the same;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken through the line 3-3 of F ig. 2, with some parts detached; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail View, on an enlarged scale, of my sliding block detached.

The numeral 5 indicates an ordinary post having a vertically slotted guideway 6 bolted to it some distance from the Hoor and extending to its top. Within this guideway 6, fits a reciprocally shaped sliding block 7 (best shown in Fig. 3) capable of vertical movement. A carrier bracket 8, having a hook 9 for the bridle and a hanger 10, is securely fastened at both of its arms to said sliding block 7.

Fastened to a small bent portion 10a in the upper hanger arm 10 of the carrying bracket 8 next to the block, is a cable 11 which goes through a pulley 12 bolted to or near the top of said post.

The sliding block 7 has ratchet notches 7 a on one of its edges, which are engaged by the pawl end of a dog 13 pivoted on the post 5, capable of holding said block in various desired positions in the guideway 6.

Said dog 13 has a hole 14 near its upper end through which an end link of a trip chain 15 -is fastened. The other end link of lsaid trip chain 15 encircles the bi ht of the cable 11, so that, when said ca le is` pulled downward from a slight. angle, the tension thereby caused on the trip chain 15 will be suiiicient to pull back the pivoted dog2 disengaging its pawl and so release the sliding block 6 carrying said hanging bracket 8.

To limit the downward vertical movement of my block, I provide an angular stop 16 bolted to the 'said post near the floor.

The opeiation of my invention thus described is probably obvious. When the harness is taken oif the horse, my hanger is lowered, when tensionis put on the trip chain 14 by pulling the cable 11 from an angle. This allows the block and bracket to slide downv and, when suiiiciently low, the angular tension on said cable is released and again the dog engages a ratchet notch 0n the block and is held securely. The stop 16 limits the downward movement of said block and keeps it from leaving its guideway 6.

The heavy harness is then hung on the bracket 8 and carrying bar 10 and raised out of the way by a downward pull on the cable 11 fastened to the block end of the bracket arm 10. This is facilitated by said overhead pulley 12. When the said harness is sufficiently elevated, the cable is released and the dog 13 again engages a notch in said block.

The simplicity of my invention and its inexpensiveness of manufacture, as well as its high eifiiciency, should be now clearly discernible.

l. A harness hanger having in combination a vertical guideway, a member slidable therein carrying a harness hook, a pivoted lever dog adjacent said guideway and adapted to Contact with said member at various points to hold the same in position, an overhead pulley, a cable secured to said member and passing over said pulley and ,forming an elevating means for said member, and a flexible connection between said cable and said lever dog.

2. A harness hanger having in combination a vertically movable member comprising a harness hook, a pivoted means adjacent said member adapted to engage the same to hold said member in position, a pulley disposed above said member, a cable disposed over the pulley `and adapted to be pulled to'elevate said member, and a flexible -means connected to said vpivoted means through which the cable passes. 1 u

3. A harness hanger having in combination a vertical guldevvay, a yratchet bar carrying a harness hook slldable therein, a dog pivoted adjacent. said guid'evvay engagea'ble with said ratchet bar to hold the same in the'desired position, a pulley at the top of said guideway, a' cable connected to said member and passing over ysaid pulley adapted to be pulled to elevate said member, a 4flexible member connected to said dog through which the cable passes whereby the dog can be engaged and disengaged by move? ment of said cable.

' 4; A harness hook having in combination,

HRIST SIEVERT. Witnesses n W. S. HANNoN, A. O. BYE.' 

